
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday April 24th 2025, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Yankee : Christmas party tradition : SWAP
5 Radar image : BLIP
9 Go very slowly : INCH
13 In a heap : PILED
15 “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis : ROSS
16 Acting gig : ROLE
17 A-listers : ELITE
18 Esq. : ATTY
19 Like avocados and eggs : OVAL
20 Boston, e.g. : CLASSIC ROCK BAND
23 Number of “Seinfeld” seasons : NINE
24 State where five U.S. presidents are buried : OHIO
25 Takes an extra base : STEALS
28 Fixed : INTENT
32 Tacoma, e.g. : PICKUP TRUCK
36 Baby talk syllable : GOO
37 Haitian friend : AMIE
38 Edgy fashion line? : HEM
39 Happy look : GRIN
40 Four-legged sentry : DOG
41 Philadelphia, e.g. : CREAM CHEESE
45 Make certain : ENSURE
47 Element in a password : LETTER
48 Snoozes : NAPS
50 “Veni, vidi, ” : VICI
51 Manhattan, e.g. : BOURBON COCKTAIL
58 Unmoving : IDLE
59 Botanical anchor : ROOT
60 “The Hunchback of Dame” : NOTRE
61 “How We Do (Party)” singer Ora : RITA
62 Heavy book : TOME
63 Again and again : OFTEN
64 “Shake on it!” : DEAL
65 Risked a ticket, say : SPED
66 Short-lived fashions : FADS
DOWN
1 Job detail, briefly : SPEC
2 Mental resolve : WILL
3 Shawkat of “Being the Ricardos” : ALIA
4 Purchase at a reptile shop : PET SNAKE
5 “_ yourself” : BRACE
6 Fantasy trilogy, initially : LOTR
7 “Life _ short to skip dessert” : IS TOO
8 Medium with powers : PSYCHIC
9 Will Smith sci-fi film set in 2035 : I, ROBOT
10 Big East school in Pennsylvania, to fans : NOVA
11 Family group : CLAN
12 Maintained : HELD
14 Production company started by Ball and Arnaz : DESILU
21 Clouseau’s rank: Abbr. : INSP
22 Pain in the neck : KINK
25 Comic actor David : SPADE
26 Meerkat in “The Lion King” : TIMON
27 Tobaccoless smokes : E-CIGS
29 Gulf Coast wading bird : EGRET
30 Tick or tock : NOISE
31 Skin care product : TONER
33 Part of FTW : THE
34 “V for Vendetta” actor Stephen : REA
35 “Lemme think” : UMM
39 Squeal when a bug lands in one’s hair : GET IT OFF!
41 Soft-shell _ : CRAB
42 School assignments : REPORTS
43 Bic’s _ Stic : CLIC
44 Emphatic refusal : HECK NO
46 Absolutely amazing : UNREAL
49 Do some poking around : SNOOP
50 Cast a ballot : VOTED
51 Nesting creature : BIRD
52 Garfield’s slobbering housemate : ODIE
53 Sephora rival : ULTA
54 “On the __ Up”: Angie Thomas novel about a teenage rapper : COME
55 Flour for roti and naan : ATTA
56 Hopping mad : IRED
57 Perspective, figuratively : LENS
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